Southborough CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–11 · Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.575 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Southborough CofE Primary School is a primary school in Tunbridge Wells, Kent for ages 5–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 27 March 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Southborough CofE Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.575 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.575 miles away, further than in 2025 and 2023 and the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 72 first-choice applications for 77 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 73% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- The higher standard in reading, writing and maths was reached by 19% of pupils in 2024/25 (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Broomhill Park Road, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 0JY
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 631 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 27 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish in this caring school.”
- “They enjoy spending time together playing games and climbing on the playground equipment.”
- “They forge respectful relationships.”
To improve
- “However, a few pupils with SEND can become distracted in some subjects beyond reading and mathematics.”
- “This is because the adaptations to help their learning are not thought through carefully enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 73% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 72 first-preference applications, 77 offers in total, 72 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Matthew's High Brooms Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Bidborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bishops Down Primary and Nursery School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Barnabas CofE VA Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Wells Free School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Speldhurst Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published